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New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman's Tess Monaghan must solve one of the most baffling murders in her PI career.

When Tess Monaghan agrees to talk to Ruthie Dembrow, she senses she'll regret it. If there's anything Tess has learned in her work both as a newspaper reporter and then as a PI, it's to trust your instincts. Still, she can't deny she's intrigued when Ruthie asks her to investigate the fatal stabbing of her brother,

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Join the world of New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman's Tess Monaghan in the Shamus and Anthony Award-winning fourth book in the acclaimed series

In Big Trouble

Tess Monaghan has learned the hard way how to survive on the streets of Baltimore—first as a fearless investigative reporter and lately as a PI. But a new case is about to take her way out of her element.

What begins with a tantalizing shard of a newspaper

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"When Felix Brewer meets Bernadette "Bambi" Gottschalk at a Valentine's Dance in 1959, he charms her with wild promises, some of which he actually keeps. Thanks to his lucrative--if not all legal--businesses, she and their three little girls live in luxury. But on the Fourth of July, 1976, Bambi's comfortable world implodes when Felix, newly convicted and facing prison, mysteriously vanishes. Though Bambi has no idea where her husband--or his money--might...

New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippmans Tess Monaghan takes on the case of a notorious former vigilanteand finds herself embroiled in a case with far-reaching consequences where the truth is as dangerous as the lies she uncovers. . . . PI Tess Monaghan doesnt expect her first case in her new private investigation practice in Baltimores neighborhood of Butchers Hill to come in the form of Luther Bealean ex-con who was sent to prison for shooting...

A collection, for the first time, of a mix of award-winning short stories and a new novella by the author. Lippman has won every major mystery award.

When the production of a Hollywood film in Baltimore brings mayhem and murder to the area, private investigator Tess Monaghan finds her job complicated by the acting skills of her numerous suspects.

On a searing August day, Melisandre Harris Dawes committed the unthinkable: she left her two-month-old daughter locked in a car while she sat nearby on the shores of the Patapsco River. Melisandre was found not guilty by reason of criminal insanity, although there was much skepticism about her mental state. Freed, she left the country, her husband and her two surviving children, determined to start over. But now Melisandre has returned Baltimore...

"Cuando Felix Brewer conoce a Bernadette "Bambi" Gottschalk en el baile de San Valentin en 1959, la llena de promesas, algunas de las cuales en realidad mantiene. Gracias a sus lucrativos negocios, ella y sus tres ninas viven en el lujo. Pero el cuatro de julio de 1976, el mundo comodo de Bambi implosiona cuando Felix, de cara a la carcel, desaparece misteriosamente,"--Amazon.com. When Felix Brewer meets Bernadette "Bambi" Gottschalk at a Valentine's...